civil servant

noun
🔊/ˌsɪvl ˈsɜːvənt/
🔊/ˌsɪvl ˈsɜːrvənt/
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  1. a person who works in the civil service(政府的)公务员,文职人员
    • He’s a 35-year-old civil servant with two young children.他是一个35岁的公务员,有两个小孩。
    Topics Jobsc1, Politicsc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCivil servant is used after these nouns:
    • career
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